13Th Grand National Milonga [suspended]

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Sponsors Association of Tourism, Hospitality and gastronomy (APTHGRA), informed that the event is suspended GRAND NATIONAL MILONGA scheduled for Saturday 14, Avenida de Mayo.

Great National Milonga

The suspension was made in consideration of the report NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, body under AIR FORCE ARGENTINA, that forecast for the afternoon Saturday evening thunderstorms.

The Gran Milonga Nacional will be held soon, date to be confirmed, according to the availability of public spaces program the Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.


Saturday 14 from December, from 20, The edition will take No. 13 "La Gran Milonga Nacional", With free entry, which aims to celebrate the National Day of Tango in honor of the anniversary of the birth (11 from December) Carlos Gardel and Julio Caro.

Avenida de Mayo historical, between Bernardo de Irigoyen streets and Peru, It will be the meeting point for residents and tourists who wish to be part of the mega party homage to the tango, which will feature three scenarios strategically located, by which they will parade over 100 artists among orchestras, singers and dancers.

The event, organized by the Association of Sponsors Tourism, Hospitality and gastronomy of Argentina (APTHGRA), It has the support of the Ministry of Culture of the City of Buenos Aires, the National Academy of Tango and restaurant workers ( Utःgria).

Holders of the National Academy of the Tango and the Association of Sponsors Tourism, Hospitality and gastronomy, Horacio Ferrer and Dante Camaño, They concidieron respectively in the year 2007, that the city owed a great tribute to the TANGO. Thus he was born the great milonga NACIONAL ...

Tango is Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The UNESCO declaration was made in 2009 in the modern city of Abu Dhabi. In the capital of the UAE the River Plate genre received the unanimous recognition of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee and became the first element inscribed on the representative list of intangible heritage of humanity.

Tango party will be held on 8.000 square meters in which you can dance in special scenarios for "milongueros" and on asphalt, beyond that many dare on the sidewalk and, it may also, enjoy the different shows specially designed to live a single day.

For this reason, both Avenida de Mayo and its side streets, will be affected by a traffic court will begin on Friday 13 December at 21 and will end on Sunday 15, to 3 am.

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